Newt Calkins
@graynewt.bsky.social
Adjunct professor of Film and TV specializing in screenwriting. Freelance story analyst since 2010. Award winning short horror screenwriter. Steve Martin fan. Clive Barker stan. Jim Henson man. Progressive lefty with a tendency for angry hyperbole.
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Senate Democrats: what just happened under our current leadership is a total travesty
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Senate Democrats: what just happened under our current leadership is a total travesty
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
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It’s wild to suggest this is a circular firing squad or something when it’s millions of citizen Democrats who hate it versus 47 elected Democrats who conspired to surrender for nothing.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It’s wild to suggest this is a circular firing squad or something when it’s millions of citizen Democrats who hate it versus 47 elected Democrats who conspired to surrender for nothing.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
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C'mon bro it'll be different this time I promise bro c'mon we're gonna get em this time bro I swear bro c'mon I know we've said this every time but this time it'll be different bro just wait and see bro but don't primary bro okay I promise I'm trying bro
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
C'mon bro it'll be different this time I promise bro c'mon we're gonna get em this time bro I swear bro c'mon I know we've said this every time but this time it'll be different bro just wait and see bro but don't primary bro okay I promise I'm trying bro
Even on B&N 50% off Criterion sale it was perhaps a foolish expenditure but my birthday is this week so I indulged in the Wes Anderson box set. If they weren't all 4K I might not have. I don't love all of his work but I consistently like so much that he may be my favorite filmmaker by volume.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Even on B&N 50% off Criterion sale it was perhaps a foolish expenditure but my birthday is this week so I indulged in the Wes Anderson box set. If they weren't all 4K I might not have. I don't love all of his work but I consistently like so much that he may be my favorite filmmaker by volume.
FINE, so create a balance. If you're gonna stick me with ads during pause it should remove ads from play. One or the other. Both is fucking obnoxious. Further proof that streaming was always a fucking con by techbros.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Big Streamers Bet on Increasingly Aggressive ‘Pause Ads’ to Stop Viewers in Their Tracks
Big streamers are placing more focus on aggressive "pause ads" that pop on screen after a viewer calls for a halt in the action.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
FINE, so create a balance. If you're gonna stick me with ads during pause it should remove ads from play. One or the other. Both is fucking obnoxious. Further proof that streaming was always a fucking con by techbros.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
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Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
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Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
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November 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
www.teenvogue.com/st...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
...spoils the bunch. The BUNCH. For those who lean on that rhetorical crutch.
Beatings. Choking suspects until they confess. Shooting unarmed people.
On this week’s @revealnews.org, reporters from @mississippitoday.org and @nytimes.com reveal the years-long reign of terror of a group of sheriff’s deputies in Rankin County, Mississippi.
On this week’s @revealnews.org, reporters from @mississippitoday.org and @nytimes.com reveal the years-long reign of terror of a group of sheriff’s deputies in Rankin County, Mississippi.
How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Mississippi deputies got away with years of brutality
A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.
www.motherjones.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
...spoils the bunch. The BUNCH. For those who lean on that rhetorical crutch.
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$40 Billion to Argentina so Milei can dance like Trump at Mar-a-lago but they’re suing not to feed hungry Americans and they’ll let your health care premiums skyrocket
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
$40 Billion to Argentina so Milei can dance like Trump at Mar-a-lago but they’re suing not to feed hungry Americans and they’ll let your health care premiums skyrocket
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Well let @robhuebel.bsky.social handle this one👇🏽
Speaking of porn, @axios.com is showing their whole ass with this pathetic @jamestalarico.bsky.social attack.
Speaking of porn, @axios.com is showing their whole ass with this pathetic @jamestalarico.bsky.social attack.
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Well let @robhuebel.bsky.social handle this one👇🏽
Speaking of porn, @axios.com is showing their whole ass with this pathetic @jamestalarico.bsky.social attack.
Speaking of porn, @axios.com is showing their whole ass with this pathetic @jamestalarico.bsky.social attack.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
JFC, everyone read this. Especially if you have any interest in secondary education. This is nourishment. And pretty damn funny to boot.
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
JFC, everyone read this. Especially if you have any interest in secondary education. This is nourishment. And pretty damn funny to boot.
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
This kind of action is important for many reasons but in particular it demonstrates that students are self-motivated and exposes the lie of supposed indoctrination. Good luck brainwashing THESE folks.
Our students are just stunning. Their bravery and integrity put our leaders to shame.
Student organization coalition files amicus brief supporting lawsuit against Trump - Daily Bruin
This post was updated Nov. 5 at 1:02 a.m. A coalition of 25 student organizations filed an amicus brief Thursday in support of a lawsuit against President Donald Trump that alleged research funding su...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This kind of action is important for many reasons but in particular it demonstrates that students are self-motivated and exposes the lie of supposed indoctrination. Good luck brainwashing THESE folks.
I'm happy to read the format conversation. Not so much the copaganda news. Can we as a culture maybe take a fucking break from police dramas for a while?
screenrant.com/hbo-max-pilo...
screenrant.com/hbo-max-pilo...
HBO Max Wants To Repeat The Pitt's Success With Pilot Orders Confirmed For 2 Series
New HBO Max pilots seek inspiration from The Pitt.
screenrant.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I'm happy to read the format conversation. Not so much the copaganda news. Can we as a culture maybe take a fucking break from police dramas for a while?
screenrant.com/hbo-max-pilo...
screenrant.com/hbo-max-pilo...
Even *I* wouldn't eat this article's potato salad.
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Even *I* wouldn't eat this article's potato salad.